"Your Majesty, your Excellency should have made it very clear. My Lord's intention is not to dishearten the loyal ministers. He took the initiative to go to Shanhaiguan for the sake of the people of the Ming Dynasty."
"Keep talking!"
Hearing that Xiao Yi had stopped talking, Chongzhen quickly ordered him.
"I also want to seize this opportunity to completely injure Jiannu's vitality so that my Ming Dynasty can take a breather. I don't want to go back to the capital because of these things, but my master also said that if his people are in danger, he will not care. Rush back regardless."
What Xiao Yi said was also written by Hu Yunqing in a letter to himself.
Xiao Hezi, who was listening next to him, had cold sweat flowing down from his head. A member of a hundred households in Jinyiwei dared to speak such arrogant words in front of His Majesty. He simply didn't want to live anymore.
Chongzhen was not angry, but lowered his head and thought about it, weighing the pros and cons.
"Okay, I will keep your Hu Mansion safe, and tell Hu Yunqing not to worry."
The most important thing for the Ming Dynasty now is the issue of slave creation. If the issue of slave creation can be solved, then the Ming Dynasty can get a chance to breathe.
Compared with a prince in his own royal family, in the face of the long-term prosperity and decline of the Ming Dynasty, that is nothing.
Jin Yiwei, who was searching outside, came to the yard where Xuan Yi was. Xuan Yi also changed into clean clothes, heard the noise outside, and hurried to the window. Observing the situation outside.
"Open the door for routine inspection in the East Factory!"
After Jin Yiwei came to the door and knocked twice, no one came to open the door. He felt something was wrong and knocked on the door anxiously and shouted.
"Come here, what do you officials want?"
One of Hong Tao's men opened the door and saw the Jin Yiwei coming. His face changed slightly, and then he returned to normal and asked several people.
"To hunt down the fugitive."
Jin Yiwei came to the yard, looked at several houses and said to the people.
"How can I hide any fugitives in my small yard? I am just an ordinary citizen."
Hong Tao's men quickly said to Jin Yiwei.
"Okay, okay, let's just take a look. If there are no problems, we'll leave!"
Jin Yiwei listened to Luo Liba's words, interrupted impatiently, and led a few people towards the house.
Xuan Yi, who was inside the room, nervously held his knife and kept looking at the approaching Jin Yiwei outside.
He is injured now. If he fights with the opponent, he has no advantage at all and can only fight his way out.
"What are you doing?"
Xuan Yi looked behind him and found Hong Tao still sitting, with no trace of panic on his face, and asked him in a low voice with some confusion.
"Don't worry."
Hong Tao smiled and gave Xuan Yi a reassuring look.
"Xuan Yi! You are indeed here!"
Three Jinyi guards entered the house, looked at Xuan Yi who was still looking at Hong Tao at the door, and yelled at him.
"die!"
Unexpectedly, he was discovered, and Xuan Yi had no choice but to fight his way out.
"stop!"
Just when the two parties were about to fight, Hong Tao shouted loudly to stop several people.
"Hong Tao?"
Several Jinyi guards, whose attention had been attracted by Xuan Yi just now, were shocked when they heard that there was someone else next to them. They did not expect that another wanted person was also there.
"It seems that the three of us are going to make a contribution! It's just God helping me!"
The leading Jin Yiwei looked at Xuan Yi and Hong Tao and said happily to the men around him.
Phew!
"Ah, you guys."
The leading Jin Yiwei was still smiling. He looked down at his chest and found that the blade had protruded from his chest.
He looked at the two people next to him in disbelief and ran out of breath before he finished speaking.
"See my lord!"
The two royal guards kneeled on the ground respectfully and said.
"Well, I won't teach you what to say when you go back."
Looking at the two Jinyi guards in front of him, Hong Tao nodded and said.
The two Jin Yiwei carried the dead Jin Yiwei directly away from the courtyard.
"Here, Jin Yiwei also has your people?"
He was already prepared to fight tooth and nail, but he didn't expect to be directly solved by Hong Tao. He looked at Hong Tao in surprise and asked.
"Well, there are no airtight windows!"
Hong Tao tidied it up, and after finishing it, he said to Xuan Yi with a smile.
"where are we going?"
Xuan Yi looked at Hong Tao packing his things and asked him doubtfully.
"If you are not afraid of the Jin Yiwei coming, you can stay here."
This courtyard is just a dark spot for them, and it has been discovered by Jin Yiwei.
After the two Jinyi guards return, they will definitely report the situation here to Dongchang. At that time, a large number of people from Dongchang will gather here. If they want to leave at that time, it will not be easy.
After a few people walked away, they hid in the crowd on the street and watched a large number of royal guards heading towards the area where they had just stayed.
"What are your plans next?"
Xuan Yi followed Hong Tao as he walked along the street. Seeing that Hong Tao was not afraid of anyone recognizing him, he really didn't know where Hong Tao got his confidence. Seeing that Hong Tao was just wandering on the street, he asked him impatiently.
Now the entire capital's Jin Yiwei is paying attention to him. If he wants to be like Hong Tao, he can't do it.
"I'm going to find someone to disguise you so that you can come back in front of everyone."
Of course, Hong Tao was not stupid. He took Xuan Yi everywhere for a walk, unless he felt bad about his fate.
Finally, we arrived at the inn and took Xuan Yi upstairs.
"Hey, Mr. Hong, you are here again."
"Old ghost, you're enjoying your time here! You've eaten all this food."
Hong Tao smiled, patted the old man's belly, and said to him with a smile.
Xuan Yi, who was following behind, listened to Hong Tao calling him an old ghost, looked at the age of the other person, and began to reminisce in his mind. Looking at the latter's big golden front teeth, he remembered that the person in front of him was the famous Qian Mian in the world. The old ghost specializes in changing the appearance of others.
Many people that the court could not catch had their appearance changed by the old ghost with a thousand faces. The court also put this person on the dangerous list, but because the latter was really a thousand-faced man, there was no clue at all.
The court only knew that the old ghost with a thousand faces had one particularly obvious feature, that is, his front teeth were made of gold.
But what Xuan Yi didn't understand was that the Thousand-faced Old Ghost was also a big shot and was so polite to Hong Tao.
"Isn't this all thanks to Mr. Hong? Without the help of the Hong family, I would have been hunted down long ago."
The old ghost in front of him respected Hong Tao very much. It was the Hong family who saved his life, and he took refuge in Hong Tao's hands in order to repay his kindness.
"Master, I am also very sorry about what happened before, but I was in the land of Sichuan and Sichuan and did not come back in time. I."
The Thousand-faced Old Ghost also said to Hong Tao with a sad look on his face.
"Stop talking, all we have to do is revenge! Don't mention these words again in the future."
Listening to the Thousand-faced Old Ghost becoming more and more sad as he spoke, Hong Tao quickly raised his hand to stop him.
"Well, I, the Thousand-faced Old Ghost, used to work for the Young Master!"
